Mums-to-be living in war zones/areas of armed conflict are at heightened risk of giving birth to low birthweight babies, finds a review of the available evidence published in the online journal BMJ Global Health.
Nov 28, 2017
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Over the past 12 months the people of Ukraine have lived through a full-blown Russian invasion, with all the horrors you might expect. Those who lived in conflict zones, have had to flee or witness death and destruction on ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Imperial researchers have developed a low-cost, easy-to-manufacture stabilizer for broken bones to help in regions where such devices are expensive or in short supply and people sometimes resort to homemade options.
Jan 11, 2023
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have carried out the first randomised trial of civilians with acute conflict-related wounds at two hospitals in areas affected by armed conflict. The study, which is published ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Deaths from violent conflict and lack of available care are major causes of mortality among pregnant women in war zones, warn doctors in an editorial published in The BMJ today.
Apr 21, 2016
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Women in conflict zones are likely to suffer from sexual or physical violence at the hands of their husbands or partners before, during and after a period of conflict, warn experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical ...
Jun 10, 2014
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While there is a long history of doctor-poets—one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician—few people seem to know this or understand the power of combining the humanities ...
Jan 8, 2024
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At least 1.4 billion people worldwide require treatment for a group of "neglected" tropical diseases and almost two-thirds are going without adequate medical care, eradication campaigners said on Wednesday.
Apr 2, 2014
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The Sudan government and a key rebel group are refusing to let UN workers vaccinate 160,000 children against polio in conflict-stricken states despite agreeing to a ceasefire, the UN said Monday.
Nov 12, 2013
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Ten years of progress globally in the fight against malaria have masked the rapid rise of infections and deaths in African countries experiencing conflict and famine, though new strategies implemented in places like the Central ...
Apr 17, 2018
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